Overall hair thinning

[GypsyRose]

Hi there,

My Gypsy is almost 2 and over the course of the last maybe 6 months shes losing hair all underneath her(belly, up towards chest and inside and botton half of legs). It hasn't come out in patches, it's literally been a gradual thinning all over, its just now spreading up to her chest. Is this normal as she leaves her puppy days behind? Or is something else going on? I asked the vet if it looked like mange and she said no, so I have no clue and I'm not sure if I should be worried or not.....

Caitlin

 

[Alice Kable]

She is probably just shedding her undercoat. Our English Bulldog sheds volumes of hair all year long. By all rights he should be bald.

 

[mattcantwin]

Can you post some pictures?

 

[Cbrugs]

She is probably just shedding her undercoat. Our English Bulldog sheds volumes of hair all year long. By all rights he should be bald.

Jax sheds twice a year but I have noticed Louie sheds ALL THE TIME. I didn't realize EB's shed so much.

 

[2bullymama]

[MENTION=2282]GypsyRose[/MENTION] At 6 months old, did the vet scrape the skin to rule our mange? if not, I would request the scrape. Shedding is one thing, but if the fur is thinning and you are seeing her skin, that would not sound like over shedding to me,

 

[Alice Kable]

Jax sheds twice a year but I have noticed Louie sheds ALL THE TIME. I didn't realize EB's shed so much.

Ruggles is our 6th EB and sheds more than the 5 other all together. His coat is sooooooo thick. I swear half of the bird nests in the county have his hair woven in to them. Buster sheds very little, but his coat isn't thick like Ruggles'.